linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: MMU: allow more page become unsync at gfn mapping time

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Date:	Mon, 24 May 2010 09:24:20 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	KVM list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: MMU: allow more page become unsync at gfn mapping
 time

On 05/24/2010 05:03 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>
>    
>>> +    if (need_unsync)
>>> +        kvm_unsync_pages(vcpu, gfn);
>>>        return 0;
>>>    }
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Looks good, I'm just uncertain about role.invalid handling.  What's the
>> reasoning here?
>>
>>      
> Avi,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> We no need worry about 'role.invalid' here, since we only allow the PTE shadow
> pages(role.level == 1) become unsync, and in current code, 'role.invalid' is only
> used for root shadow pages.
>    

Right, the invlpg change is not it yet.  But I think it should be in 
this patch; I don't like subtle dependencies, and it will make the 
invplg patch simpler.

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.

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